A Former Child Soldier Who Uses a Magic Sword Wants to Live with an Older Sister of a Former Enemy Executive - CH 57

Satis activated her trump card,『The Seventh Heaven』.

An incomparable amount of mana spread over the sky and the land.

[W-What the…?! What the hell are you-?!] (Orc King)

The Orc King looked up at the sky in dismay.

Satis, who was still standing, gave him a condescending look and clenched her fists.

And the next moment…

[────, ────] (Satis)

She said something.

However, no one present in the area could understand her.

Her incomprehensible language and pronunciation, which sounded as if she were speaking at high speed, lingered in their ears.

Immediately after the Orc King screamed in disarray at the astonishing phenomenon, the giant ax he was holding suddenly shattered into pieces.

[W-WHAT!?] (Orc King)

In the blink of an eye, Satis, whom he thought was still a few meters away from him, had snuck close to his chest area, and shattered his axe with her fist filled with mana.

[────] (Satis)

Then she followed by saying something more.

However, she spoke too fast for anyone to understand.

Right after the Orc King tried to register her voice, Satis was already gone, and had moved behind him to attack with her magic flames.

Losing his ax had left her foe in shock.

Regardless, his body had already taken a direct hit from her magic flames, causing it to burn in a raging blaze.

Everything happened so fast.

Satis’ every move happened at such an unbelievable speed, neither his perception nor his abilities allowed him to keep up with her.

[G-!? GUGYAAAAAHHH!! What the-!? What the hell is this magic!?] (Orc King)

The Orc King pondered while taking damage.

Satis moved way too fast.

As if time was speeding up just for her.

Don’t tell me this is… speed-enhancing magic!? A spell that speeds everything up, whether it’s motion speed or mana-kneading speed!? (Orc King)

Of course, Seto, who was watching from afar, was thinking the same thing.

He could not help but be astonished by Satis’ overly fast movement.

…My speed has gone up in everything I do. That’s probably what everybody believes. …But what I’m actually doing is not exactly that. (Satis)

As she mentioned that in her mind, Satis casted all sorts of spells on the Orc King while circling around him.

Unlike earlier, the latter was unable to react at all, and was hit by all of her attacks.

Even if he tried to use the nullification items on his left hand, he could not react in time since she was changing elemental attributes so quickly.

Whenever he wanted to nullify a certain attribute, the attack of said attribute would already hit him before he could, then his opponent would move on to another attribute, and so on. His processing ability was too low for him to keep up.

[W… Why…!? Why can’t I keep up!? Why is it that everything I try just fails…!?] (Orc King)

The Orc King was completely unable to resist as he suffered all of her attacks, but he still managed to stand through it all thanks to his high physical strength and defense.

While glaring at him, Satis moved behind the Orc King again.

“Enhanced speed”? No, that’s not what I’m using at all. Rather, it’s the opposite. This trump card of mine, the『Seventh Heaven』, is a powerful spell that slows down the speed of time to the utmost limit, with me acting as its “base”. (Satis)

Her『Seventh Heaven』spell was a time-manipulation type of great magic.

The closer one was to her, the more the flow of time in the world slowed down for them, and save for the spellcaster, no one could discern or realize it with their senses or abilities.

It looked as if anyone other than her was moving normally, but from Satis’ point of view, every moment of it seemed to be in slow motion, as if it took place over several hours, and to all of those who watched her move, she appeared to be moving at blinding speed.

Even if this is a technique that’s considered extreme speed in the normal flow of time, when I’m in Seventh Heaven time, everything except me looks sluggish. This is truly a phenomenal magic that rejects the very concept of God and the entire world. Even a brief moment of thinking time might as well be a standstill in my eyes! (Satis)

The flowing wind, the flower petals riding on it, the clouds of dust and the sharp rock fragments scattered by the explosions, and even the momentary nullification of her attack, everything shifted into a super-slow world, to the point that even a brief occurrence felt like an event that took several hours to happen due to her magic.

Satis, who was still able to move and react as usual in the midst of all this, noticed that the Orc King was up to something.

He held up his left hand again, and this time he was about to empower the transparent gemstone.

[I don’t know what kind of spell you’re using, but I bet it’s a non-elemental one! Did you think I would omit to take countermeasures against that, too?! I’ll nullify it in a second. A second!!] (Orc King)

After saying that, he prepared to activate his item.

However, Satis had already taken action, and was moving on to it right after attacking.

[Good grief. The slow motion makes his speech too slow for me to understand, but I can guess most of it. He’s trying to nullify non-elemental magic, isn’t he? …Then I just need to do one simple thing.] (Satis)

She stored mana in her index finger, and fired several sharp heat rays from it.

Her aim was accurate, and she shot out one gemstone after another.

My body senses are telling me that the time limit of Seventh Heaven is roughly three minutes. …I have to end this soon. (Satis)

Suddenly, Satis shot a glance at Seto.

He was bewildered by her spell, but his eyes were sparkling.

Seto was once again impressed to see how amazing Satis was.

On top of that, he was standing there full of pride, and watching over her battle.

Ahh… That radiance… Yes. It’s the same radiance that has been guiding me up to this point. Me, who had nothing but my ridiculously high pride… And after all of it was crushed to pieces, the one who showed me the way forward with everything he had was… (Satis)

A slow but gentle breeze caressed Satis’ face.

As she felt the softness and coolness of it, her eyes carried the same glow as his.

[Okay, only a few seconds left. Prepare yourself!!] (Satis)

At the sight of his gemstones shattering and the shards flying around, the Orc King dropped his jaw in shock like a dunce.

[Haaaaaaaaaaaaahhhh!!] (Satis)

Satis concentrated her mana into both of her palms.

And when she released it all at once, countless magic flame bullets were shot and flew towards the Orc King.

[GUGYAAAAAAAAHH!!] (Orc King)

Without even understanding what was happening, his entire body was hit by a volley of magic flames.

His body build made him an easy target to begin with.

As all the bullets struck him directly, the Orc King’s body was scorched by the high heat, with his face contorted with fear as he melted.

This…! This can’t be happening…! …Where did I go wrong? What caused me to lose? This… can’t be… All of my decisions… were supposed to be riiiiiiiiiiiiight…!!! (Orc King)

In the end, he screamed with his final breath, and exploded along with the magic flames.

At that same moment, the effects of Seventh Heaven wore off.

Time returned to its normal flow, and Satis was a little off balance due to the air flow, which had been feeling so slow until now, blowing at once.

Normally, this wind would have been nothing to worry about, but it was a little too strong for Satis, who had consumed an enormous amount of mana to use Seventh Heaven and the various magic spells that followed during that time.

She slumped down on the spot, her body trembling.

She was out of breath, and Seto came running to her.

[Satis! Hey, are you okay?!] (Seto)

[Ahaha… That was the first time… I actually gave it my all.] (Satis)

[…You did a great job. You really are amazing, Satis.] (Seto)

After the battle was over, they decided to rest until Satis could move again.

She told Seto and Chiyome that they could all take a little break since the city was just around the corner.

Satis survived her ordeal.

She rested with her eyes closed as if meditating next to Seto, feeling proud of walking the path she believed was the right one to take.